PROTEAM Partners with Cardinal Health in Protégé Program
COLUMBUS, Ohio - PROTEAM Resources, a leading central Ohio staffing solutions company has entered into a three-year mentor-protégé relationship with Cardinal Health, the leading provider of products and services supporting the health care industry.Based on a similar mentor-protégé program established by the United States Small Business Administration, Cardinal Health's program provides business development support and assistance to qualified small businesses. Much of the help comes in the form of senior management training sessions, however the relationship also offers access to Cardinal facilities, vendors and business resources, along with the potential for joint-venture arrangements.
Keith Stevens, president and chief executive officer of PROTEAM, hopes the relationship will lead to increased success for his business.
"We're honored to have Cardinal Health as a mentor," Stevens said. "It's a fantastic opportunity for us and a chance to learn from some very talented and experienced business leaders."
The relationship began last year and will continue through 2006. Members of PROTEAM's senior management team have received training sessions on finance, sales, information technology, human resources and other topics.
"We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work with PROTEAM," said Kathy Benn, Vice President, Supplier Diversity, Cardinal Health. "We are very impressed with their focus on quality, and their strategy for growing their business."
Cardinal Health uses temporary staffing services, ranging from light industrial to clerical and professional services.
"Working with PROTEAM will give us greater insight into how temporary staffing businesses operate," said Bob Wagner, Vice President, Strategic Sourcing, Cardinal Health. "There are benefits for both Cardinal Health and PROTEAM through the protégé program."
PROTEAM Resources
Columbus-based PROTEAM Resources is the parent company of PROTEAM Staffing and LABORTEAM. PROTEAM Staffing offers a full range of staffing options, including temporary placement, temp-to-hire, direct hire, on premise staff management and outsourced services. LABORTEAM provides labor-on-demand staffing. Collectively, the operations offer smart solutions to the staffing needs of central Ohio companies and government agencies. PROTEAM and LABORTEAM staffing coordinators are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The company offers optional transportation services at no additional charge to clients. In 2001 and 2002, Inc. magazine named PROTEAM Resources to its "Inner City 100" list of the 100 fastest-growing companies in America's inner cities. In 2004, PROTEAM Resources was recognized as one of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneurs of the Year.
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